The One Who is Truth
by David Cross
These are very tough words from Jesus to the religious leaders of His day. They were angry with His teaching, because it contradicted what they had come to believe was true, their truth. It’s fashionable today to advocate the belief that there is no one truth, that each person’s truth is as valid as the next, and that we should all be able to live by our own moral standard, without constraint.
Through His followers, Jesus still steps into our world today, and says that such relativism, (as it’s called), is not God’s truth, and will not be beneficial to us, either corporately or individually. People are just as angry as they were in the time of Jesus that anyone should advocate the existence of absolute truth coming from the One who made us, a belief that seems to restrict the liberty and rights of each person.
In fact, our world today is riddled with deceit, deception, unreality, half-truths and lies, and Jesus tells us that these all have a spiritual origin, the father of lies, the spiritual ruler of all, who is in rebellion to the God of the Bible. We are left wondering whom to trust, in society, in government, in the judiciary and even, sadly, in the Church.
What a comfort it is, in this troubled world, to know that someone walked this earth teaching and modelling absolute truth. The Son of God came as a man to explain the truth of the One who both created us and wants us to know that truth, in order that we might find the joy of inner freedom.
David Cross David is part of the Executive Leadership of Ellel Ministries, with particular responsibility for the Ellel centres in Western Europe. He is married to Denise and they have three grown up children and eight grandchildren. David has been a civil engineer and ski-touring instructor in the Highlands of Scotland. He is passionate about the teaching and practice of the healing and deliverance ministry of Jesus and has written several books: Soul Ties, Trapped by Control, God’s Covering, The Dangers of Alternative Ways to Healing(co-authored with John Berry), an A to Z Guide to the Healing Ministry, What`s Wrong with Human Rights? and, most recently, God`s Way out of Depression. You can follow a daily thought from David on Twitter: @dmcross62
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